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Hermes + North Mini Code: New FREE API!

Podcast: AI News Today | Julian Goldie Podcast
Published: Jun 21, 2026
Duration seconds: 589
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North Mini: The New Free AI Model for Agentic Coding Discover how to use North Mini, Cohere's new free agentic coding model, with the Hermes agent to build and run tools for zero cost. Learn how to set it up via the Open Router API or locally with Ollama to save your premium tokens for high-level tasks. 00:00 - Intro to North Mini 00:55 - How to Access North Mini 01:18 - Setting up Hermes Agent 01:39 - Running Locally with Ollama 02:45 - Model Benchmarks & Performance 04:07 - Creating AI Agent Profiles 05:21 - Token Management Strategy 07:31 - Building with Free Agents